Aysha E Schomburg Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children prnewswire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prnewswire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services must protect children without overpolicing families. A report the agency commissioned says it often fails.
For too long, racial disparities have existed in child welfare systems across the country, with Black and Brown families overrepresented at key decision points. This is an issue that the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has long been committed to addressing in New York City’s system, but in keeping with society’s painful acknowledgment of systemic racial inequities, we are now taking more aggressive and comprehensive action than ever before. As Dr. Martin Luther King once said, “The time is always right to do what is right.”